Newsom adding 120 more CHP officers in Oakland, East Bay

OAKLAND, Calif. – Gov. Gavin Newsom is sending 120 more CHP officers to Oakland and the East Bay to help cities fight crime. The added officers, first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, will represent a nine-fold increase in the number of state police patrolling the region, according to Newsom’s office. The officers will be concentrated in Oakland, where the mayor has said for the last year that she wanted that extra help.

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